Program / Invited Speakers

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Keynote speakers:

Alain Aspect, Institut d'Optique (Université Paris-Saclay), École Polytechnique, CNRS, France

From Einstein and Bell to quantum technologies: quantum non-locality in action

Alain Aspect was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science" (Nobel Prize Press release, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 4 October 2022.)

James H. Crawford, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA, USA

The Critical Role of Lasers in Advancing Observations of Atmospheric Chemistry

Jim Crawford is a senior research scientist at NASA and adjunct faculty member at Georgia Tech. He a specialist of airborne field studies conducted across the globe by NASA’s Tropospheric Chemistry Program and collaborating partners. His interests include the photochemistry of tropospheric ozone and free radicals, the global budget of reactive nitrogen, the influence of clouds on trace gas transport and chemistry, and the use of satellites to study long-range pollution transport and air quality.

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Kerry Vahala, Caltech, Pasadena CA, USA

High-Q integrated photonics

Kerry Vahala is Professor of Applied Physics at Caltech and holds the Jenkins Chair in Information Science and Technology. His research on chip-based high-Q optical resonators and related nonlinear optical devices has advanced miniature frequency and time systems, microwave sources, parametric oscillators, astrocombs and gyroscopes. A member of the National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the IEEE and Optica, he received the IEEE Sarnoff Medal for research on quantum-well laser dynamics, the Alexander von Humboldt award and MPQ Distinguished Scholar Award for work on ultra-high-Q optical microcavities, a NASA achievement award for application of microcombs to exoplanet detection, and the Optica Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award for a 2-photon optical clock.

Invited Speakers:

Agata Cygan, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, PL

Molecular dispersion spectroscopy based on optical cavity resonances

Oliver Heckl, University of Vienna, Vienna, A

Crystalline Supermirrors for the Mid-Infrared: Advancements and Material Metrology

Sara Kacmoli, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA

Quantum cascade ring laser based systems

Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Time- and space-resolved measurements for reacting flows in the energy transition

Daniel McCartt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA, USA

Two-color cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Emma Pierce, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, D

Sensing Methods with Mid-infrared Undetected Photons

Jakob Reichel, LKB ENS, Paris, F

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Carlo Sirtori, LPENS, Paris, F

Frequency chirped mode-locked quantum cascade lasers

Béla Tuzson, EMPA, Dübendorf, CH

A star-like pattern: from a concept to the upper atmosphere, and beyond

Natalie Wheeler, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Tailored hollow core fibre design, deployment and post-processing for Raman gas sensing applications